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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Registration now open for this year's #LatinPedagogyWorkshop! Join us in person or online December 5 to consider skill & proficiency in the Latin classroom. Register at tinyurl.com/2026LatinPedagogyWorkshop More info, including schedule and presenter bios: tinyurl.com/LatinPedagogyWorkshopIL
Latin Pedagogy Workshop. Sponsored by the Illinois Classical Conference since 1993. 

Ars Docendi, Ars DIscendi: Skill and Proficiency in the Latin Classroom.

Join us on Friday, December 4 2026.

Keynotes by Christopher Simon, Director of Pedagogy and Instruction in Ancient Greek and Latin, University of Chicago.
Kelly Woodbury, New Trier High School.

Participants are invited to attend in person or online.

More information at
http://tinyurl.com/LatinPedgogyWorkshopIL .

Register by November 23 at
http://tinyurl.com/2026LatinPedgogyWorkshop .


SAVE THE DATE!
Latin Pedagogy Workshop 2026
Ars Docendi, Ars Discendi: Skill and Proficiency in the Latin Classroom.

When: Friday, December 4, 2026.
Where: Lake Forest High School.
West (Administrative) Campus.
300 South Waukegan Road, Lake Forest.
Sponsored by the Illinois Classical Conference.

More information at http://tinyurl.com/LatinPedagogyWorkshopIL .

CPDUs available for credit toward ISBE Educator Licensure.

Registration at  http://tinyurl.com/2026LatinPedagogyWorkshop .
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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Love the charge to speak directly about learning strategies & metacognition! I did some of this type of work w/my Latin 101 students this quarter. Besides talking about study strategies, I provided articles (& my take-aways) about why the strategies work. URL in alt-text. #MagistraGetsToTeach101
https://magistracohen509.weebly.com/study-resources-for-students.html

Articles on Effective Studying (and my take-away from each)
3 Ways Learning a New Language Helps Your Brain (Making mistakes is an important part of learning)
To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test (The process of taking a test helps students learn)
Why Teachers Should Help Students Learn Effective Study Strategies (Forgetting helps support learning)
Sleep and Study Schedules: Both Matter for Memory ("Time plays a key role in learning")
15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices (written for teachers, but helpful: spacing out your studying is important)
Effects of explaining a science lesson to others or to oneself (teaching someone helps you learn).
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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Really appreciated the opportunity to discuss linear reading, explicit reading strategies, & my favorite 19th c. professor William Gardner Hale at the #LatinPedagogyWorkshop Go read Hale's The Art of Reading Latin: How to Teach It at drive.google.com/file/d/1ghPA...
Title slide. A Return to Reading: Approaching Latin Text Like a Roman.Slide: Reading Latin is engaging in human communication. Images of children (and one ancient red figure) reading.Are These Habits Reading Strategies? Image of distracted boyfriend meme: attractive girl is verb. Distracted boyfriend is me, advocate of linear reading. Angry girlfriend is Latin sentence.Thank you slide. Rickie Crown. Caroline Kelly. Deborah Ross. Donka Markus. Susan Shelmerdine. Glenn Knudsvig, of blessed memory.
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Joy Reeber 🦄 @nimiumamatrix.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
username checks out
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I stand corrected. *sit
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Tomorrow! It's not too late to register for this year's #LatinPedagogyWorkshop! tinyurl.com/2025latinped... #IllinoisLatinTeachers
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Congratulations Dr. Plastow & Dr. Lehmann (who is, sadly, not on this website)!
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today would be a great day to register for this year's #LatinPedagogyWorkshop! Registration: tinyurl.com/2025latinped... Info: tinyurl.com/latinpedagog...
2025 ICC-LFHS Latin Pedagogy Workshop Schedule.

December 5, 2025.

Back to the Fundamenta: Strengthening Latin Student Skills.

Time Events.
8:30-9:00a Ice Breaker - Kerry Smith & Susie Howe.

Introduction - Latin Pedagogy Workshop Committee Members.

Opening Activity.
9:00-10:00a Session I.

Comprehensible Choices: New Methods for New Students.

Dr. Joy Reeber.
10:00-10:15 Break.
10:15-11:00a Session II.
A Return to Reading: Approaching Latin Text Like a Roman.

Nava R. Cohen.
11:00-11:15a Reflection on Opening Activity.
11:15-12:15p LUNCH.
12:15-1:00p Session III.

Identify the Gaps and Fill Them - Direct Instruction/Latin Student skills.

Kerry Smith & Claire Jolicoeur.

1:00-1:45p.

Session IV.

Memoriāne tenent? Leveraging Retrieval Practice in the Latin Classroom.

Alisha McCloud.
1:45-2:00p BREAK.
2:00-2:45p Session V.

Counteracting Learned Helplessness: Encouraging Student Responsibility.

Susie Howe.
2:45-3:15p Session VI.

Gallery Walk/Last Revisit to Reflection of Opening Activity.

3:15-3:30p Wrap Up//Evaluations.

***Attendance at Wrap up and Evaluations MANDATORY for completion of CPDUs.Latin teachers working collaboratively.Speakers.

Keynote Speaker.
Joy Reeber, Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Nava Cohen, Doctoral candidate, Instructor, Latin 101, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Susie Howe, Latin Teacher, Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, Illinois.
Claire Jolicoeur, Inclusion Special Education Teacher, Northside College Prep, Chicago, Illinois.
Alisha McCloud, Latin Teacher and Latin Club Sponsor, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, Illinois.
Kerry Smith, Latin Teacher, New Trier, Winnetka, Illinois.

SAVE THE DATE!
Latin Pedagogy Workshop 2025.
Back to the Fundamenta: Strengthening Latin Student Skills.
When: Friday, December 5, 2025.
Where: Lake Forest High School.
West (Administrative) Campus.
300 South Waukegan Road, Lake Forest.
Sponsored by the Illinois Classical Conference.
More information at http://tinyurl.com/LatinPedagogyWorkshopIL/.
CPDUs available for credit toward ISBE Educator Licensure.
Registration at  http://tinyurl.com/2025LatinPedagogyWorkshop/.
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Registration is now open for this year's #LatinPedagogyWorkshop! Join us in person or online December 5 for Back to the Fundamenta: Strengthening Latin Student Skills! Registration at tinyurl.com/2025LatinPed... More info, including schedule and presenter bios at tinyurl.com/LatinPedagog...
SAVE THE DATE!
Latin Pedagogy Workshop 2025.
Back to the Fundamenta: Strengthening Latin Student Skills.
When: Friday, December 5, 2025.
Where: Lake Forest High School.
West (Administrative) Campus.
300 South Waukegan Road, Lake Forest.
Sponsored by the Illinois Classical Conference.
More information at http://tinyurl.com/LatinPedagogyWorkshopIL/.
CPDUs available for credit toward ISBE Educator Licensure.
Registration at  http://tinyurl.com/2025LatinPedagogyWorkshop/.
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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Looking forward to sharing the work of @peoplingthepast.bsky.social with more Illinois folks at this weekend’s annual meeting!
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Join us starting tonight for the annual fall meeting in Lincolnshire, IL. On-site registration available! Talks include keynote by @kataplexis.bsky.social & papers by @vickyausten.bsky.social @magistracohen.bsky.social @nimiumamatrix.bsky.social & many more IL classicists! #IllinoisClassicsEvents
Program for meeting at https://illinoisclassics.weebly.com/uploads/9/3/8/1/93817632/2025_icc_program.pdf .Program for meeting at https://illinoisclassics.weebly.com/uploads/9/3/8/1/93817632/2025_icc_program.pdf .Program for meeting at https://illinoisclassics.weebly.com/uploads/9/3/8/1/93817632/2025_icc_program.pdf .Program for meeting at https://illinoisclassics.weebly.com/uploads/9/3/8/1/93817632/2025_icc_program.pdf .
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
In honor of this weekend's annual fall meeting, we have joy-scrolled (not you, Dr. R!) the last month & reposted IL classics content, pretending that this account has not been dormant for months (& four months.) Apologies for the levity. Come join us at our meeting, starting tonight with a social!
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Can you spot the items in this photograph from the @spurlockmuseum.bsky.social that were featured on covers of Illinois Classical Studies? Answers in comments...
Photograph of a display collection at Spurlock Museum
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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aclclassics.bsky.social @aclclassics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
ACL is proud to offer a new publication. A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies brings together fifty creative writers whose brilliant poetry and prose engage with the ancient Mediterranean world and its reception. Edited by Rachel Hadas and Phil Walsh. ow.ly/CjJy50X4XHh
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A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies features poems and postludes from a special issue of The Classical Outlook, with a bonus interview with editor Phil Walsh and illustrator Emma Hunter. This libellus ("little book") features forty-eight poets, including Chris Childers, Julia Griffin, Charles Martin, and A. E. Stallings, and it presents remarkable creative and critical engagements with the ancient Mediterranean world and its reception. Introduced by editor Rachel Hadas, A Folded History will be a worthy addition to your bookshelf, local library, and syllabus.
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Illinois Classical Conference @ilclassics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Congratulations, Dr. Andrews!!
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